io_req_complete_post() is now io-wq only and shouldn't be used outside of it, i.e. it relies that io-wq holds a ref for the request as explained in a comment below. Let's add a warning to enforce the assumption and make sure nobody would try to do anything weird. Signed-off-by: Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@xxxxxxxxx> --- io_uring/io_uring.c | 12 +++++++++++- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/io_uring/io_uring.c b/io_uring/io_uring.c index b7f742fe9d41..c84650b0f7f2 100644 --- a/io_uring/io_uring.c +++ b/io_uring/io_uring.c @@ -931,6 +931,13 @@ static void io_req_complete_post(struct io_kiocb *req, unsigned issue_flags) { struct io_ring_ctx *ctx = req->ctx; + /* + * All execution paths but io-wq use the deferred completions by + * passing IO_URING_F_COMPLETE_DEFER and thus should not end up here. + */ + if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!(issue_flags & IO_URING_F_IOWQ))) + return; + /* * Handle special CQ sync cases via task_work. DEFER_TASKRUN requires * the submitter task context, IOPOLL protects with uring_lock. @@ -948,7 +955,10 @@ static void io_req_complete_post(struct io_kiocb *req, unsigned issue_flags) } io_cq_unlock_post(ctx); - /* called from io-wq submit work only, the ref won't drop to zero */ + /* + * We don't free the request here because we know it's called from + * io-wq only, which holds a reference, so it cannot be the last put. + */ req_ref_put(req); } -- 2.44.0